Mahakassapa, Maha-kassapa, Mahākassapa: 1 definition
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Source: WikiPedia: BuddhismMahākassapa in Pali, or Mahākāśyapa in Sanskrit was one of the principal disciples of Gautama Buddha. He came from the kingdom of Magadha. He became an Arhat and was the disciple of the Buddha who was foremost in ascetic practice. Mahākassapa (Mahākāśyapa) assumed the leadership of the Sangha following the death of the Buddha, presiding over the First Buddhist Council. He is considered to be the first patriarch in a number of Mahayana School dharma lineages. In the Theravada tradition, he is considered to be the Buddha's third foremost disciple, surpassed only by the chief disciples Sariputta and Maha Moggallana.
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Partial matches: Kassapa, Maha.
Full-text (+67): Kassapa Samyutta, Kalavilangika, Mahakashyapa, Maha Kassapa Piṇḍapata Vatthu, Paramatthapakasini, Ubbhida, Suravamagotta, Pipphali Manava, Maha Kassapa Saddhi Viharika Vatthu, Jhanabhinna Sutta, Paramatthabindu, Dukula, Pancasatika, Pipphaliguha, Upassaya Sutta, Nandi, Kulavaddhana, Saddhammapatirupaka Sutta, Parammarana Sutta, Anottapa Sutta.
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The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
(3) Mahacunda Thera Bojjhanga < [Chapter 3 - Subject Matter of the Second Bhanavara]
(1) Mahakassapa Thera Bojjhanga < [Chapter 3 - Subject Matter of the Second Bhanavara]
(5) Isigili Sutta < [Chapter 3 - Subject Matter of the Second Bhanavara]
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
2.1. The First Buddhist Council < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
2.3. The Third Buddhist Council < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
1(b). The Seven Factors of Enlightenment (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - Seven Factors of Enlightenment and Noble Eightfold Path]
Maha Kassapa (by Hellmuth Hecker)
Part 8 - After The Buddha's Parinibbana
Part 6 - Encounters With Deities
The Book of Protection (by Piyadassi Thera)
Discourse 12 - Factors Of Enlightenment < [Discourses]
Discourse 13 - Factors Of Enlightenment < [Discourses]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 3 - The Story of Venerable Mahā Kassapa < [Chapter 41 - Utterings That Arouse Emotional Religious Awakening]
Venerable Ānanda and the First Council < [Chapter 43 - Forty-one Arahat-Mahatheras and their Respective Etadagga titles]
Biography (10) Bhaddākāpilānī Therī < [Chapter 44 - Life Histories of Bhikkhunī Arahats]